Perverse Mythologien 2024
in collaboration with Kassandra
Perverse Mythologien was an exhibition in collaboration with Kassandra in December 2024 marking an important step in our collaboration dealing with the concept of ‘Eastern Europe’. The exhibition consisted of four parts: three flags with silkscreen and text small silkscreen works, photographs and two video works with one soundscape.
The exhibition moved through different and connected regions of ‘Eastern Europe’, from Finland to Greece. History, ideologies and territorial claims form a multi-layered web that leads to misinterpretation and confusion. Through a biographical and scientific approach, we attempted to traverse and link this network.
For us, it was significant to mark Eastern Europe from Finland to Greece, to immediately lay a groundwork on the term ‘Eastern Europe’. It shows, that for many, the term is not used geographically, but mentally.
In the exhibition we contextualised the term with a quote by Larry Wolff:
‘In the 18th century, the Age of Enlightenment, the concept of ‘civilisation’ was coined as a new abstract noun. [...] The invention of Eastern Europe [...] on the one hand confirmed the ‘enlightened progress’ of the western region of Europe and at the same time gave a name to the ‘uncivilised backwardness’ of the eastern regions’.1
This exhibition was a stopover in our collaboration and exploration of the term ‘Eastern Europe’. We are concerned with questions about the creation and current relevance of this term, as well as what it has to do with our personal biographies. We are trying to find a common expression for our long-standing threads of thought.
In the works, analogue photography and screen printing, archive and topicality as well as the personal and the social meet and complement each other. Myths, projections and prejudices that we carry within us are inherent companions.
In summer 2025, we will be travelling through the web with these strands of thought, techniques and companions.
Building on these conceptual foundations, the exhibition unfolds through various media, each section delving into different aspects of Eastern Europe’s historical and personal narratives.
in collaboration with Kassandra
Perverse Mythologien was an exhibition in collaboration with Kassandra in December 2024 marking an important step in our collaboration dealing with the concept of ‘Eastern Europe’. The exhibition consisted of four parts: three flags with silkscreen and text small silkscreen works, photographs and two video works with one soundscape.
The exhibition moved through different and connected regions of ‘Eastern Europe’, from Finland to Greece. History, ideologies and territorial claims form a multi-layered web that leads to misinterpretation and confusion. Through a biographical and scientific approach, we attempted to traverse and link this network.
For us, it was significant to mark Eastern Europe from Finland to Greece, to immediately lay a groundwork on the term ‘Eastern Europe’. It shows, that for many, the term is not used geographically, but mentally.
In the exhibition we contextualised the term with a quote by Larry Wolff:
‘In the 18th century, the Age of Enlightenment, the concept of ‘civilisation’ was coined as a new abstract noun. [...] The invention of Eastern Europe [...] on the one hand confirmed the ‘enlightened progress’ of the western region of Europe and at the same time gave a name to the ‘uncivilised backwardness’ of the eastern regions’.1
This exhibition was a stopover in our collaboration and exploration of the term ‘Eastern Europe’. We are concerned with questions about the creation and current relevance of this term, as well as what it has to do with our personal biographies. We are trying to find a common expression for our long-standing threads of thought.
In the works, analogue photography and screen printing, archive and topicality as well as the personal and the social meet and complement each other. Myths, projections and prejudices that we carry within us are inherent companions.
In summer 2025, we will be travelling through the web with these strands of thought, techniques and companions.
Building on these conceptual foundations, the exhibition unfolds through various media, each section delving into different aspects of Eastern Europe’s historical and personal narratives.